Calico Cat Cafe

Experience the legendary cat & coffee thing, sipping a latte and petting the kitties at a real Tokyo cat café!

My favorite cat café – the Calico, in Shinjuku – has around fifty cats. At any time, half are working in the café and half of them are off duty and sleeping in the back room.

Most of them are purebred – Maine Coon, Abyssinian, Munchkin, Persian, Scottish Fold, Tabby, etc. plus a few typical Japanese calicos with half-length tailsOf course, they wouldn’t be real cats if some of them weren’t sneaking a nap on the job.Lattes are served upside down, with the coffee on top and the milk at the bottom, lest all the cats descend upon your drink like a flock of seagullsCat toy stations are strategically placed around the room, to help you tempt a cat to acknowledge your existence.You can check out the kitties on the “staff page” of their official website!Some people just like to come and bask in the comfy atmosphere of being ignored by cats as if they were at home.

Hours: 10:00 – 22:00

Admission: ¥1000 for the first hour, ¥150 for every ten minutes after that

Restrictions: Not for small children – you must be at least 12 years old to come in and play with the cats.